TripAdvisor Reviews Howard Johnson Rio Rancho / Albuquerque North

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... enough but it could have been planned differently. With, perhaps, a few nights in the surrounding area. I feel like I need to return. To say I saw Australia after spending a week in Cairns is like saying you have visit the USA when all you visit is Washington D.C, That would hardly be a real taste of the country. The same is true for this visit and the unanimous decision is that, like a boomerang, I must indeed return ...

Time to start getting ready for a trip to the Land Down Under. I leave in such a short while. My suitcase is not packed in the literal sense but I have packed and repacked, unpacked and sorted in my mind a dozen times already and I haven't even done the laundry. To be totally honest: I haven't even found a suitcase.

Am I ready? I have several pairs of capris and even some new shirts. My camera is working and my passport arrived so anything I ...

I went to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science today. BLM's web site said that the fossil tracks from Prehistoric Trackways National Monument are brought here and they can be viewed, by appointment. I asked about seeing the tracks when I first arrived. I was passed off to several people until someone eventually said he could handle the request. We ...

... the most part, between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, designated NM 14. One of the towns along the way, Madrid, has been transformed into a miniature Santa Fe. We didn't stop here, but continued onto Albuquerque to continue our Route 66 adventure.

The Turquoise Trail intersects with I-40 a few miles east of the city. We stayed on ...

... a sopaipilla (shredded chicken inside a sopaipilla bread wrap) and a combo deal (a tamale - pork wrap, and an enchilada). They were easily the biggest plates of food we have ever been presented with - for those that don't know have a look at this for an idea of the sopaipilla http://www.sadiesofnewmexico.com/stuffe d-sopaipilla-challenge. Our lovely amigos Mr and Mrs Bird had given us some spending money so it was here in Albuquerque we used it to ...